Federal Priorities:
- Chairman’s Bill: Support the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement Act
- Protect Small Businesses: Tell your federal lawmakers to support allowing small cannabis businesses access to COVID-19 relief through the SBA
- Join the Caucus: Tell your Congressional Representative to join the recently formed federal Cannabis Caucus
- Veterans: Legislation Pending To Expand Veterans’ Access to Medical Marijuana
- Veterans Medical Research: Mandate the VA Conduct Clinical Trials for Medical Cannabis
- End Criminalization: Support the Ending Federal Marijuana Prohibition Act
- Banking: The Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act (SAFE Banking Act)
See Pending Marijuana Legislation in Your State
Urge your Governor to deprioritize marijuana enforcement to protect public health during COVID-19
- Contact Alabama Governor Kay Ivey
- Contact Arizona Governor Doug Ducey
- Contact Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson
- Contact Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont
- Contact Delaware Governor John Carney
- Contact Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
- Contact Georgia Governor Brian Kemp
- Contact Hawaii Governor David Ige
- Contact Idaho Governor Brad Little
- Contact Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb
- Contact Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds
- Contact Kansas Governor Laura Kelly
- Contact Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear
- Contact Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards
- Contact Maryland Governor Larry Hogan
- Contact Minnesota Governor Tim Walz
- Contact Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves
- Contact Missouri Governor Mike Parson
- Contact Montana Governor Steve Bullock
- Contact Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts
- Contact New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu
- Contact New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy
- Contact New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham
- Contact New York Governor Andrew Cuomo
- Contact North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper
- Contact North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum
- Contact Ohio Governor Mike DeWine
- Contact Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt
- Contact Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf
- Contact Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo
- Contact South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster
- Contact South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem
- Contact Tennessee Governor Bill Lee
- Contact Texas Governor Greg Abbott
- Contact Utah Governor Gary Herbert
- Contact Virginia Governor Ralph Northam
- Contact West Virginia Governor Jim Justice
- Contact Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers
- Contact Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon
2020 State Legislation: On the Governor’s Desk
2020 State Legislation: Legalization
- Connecticut: Marijuana Legalization Effort
- Delaware: Marijuana Legalization Effort
- Hawaii: Marijuana Legalization Effort
- Kentucky: Marijuana Legalization Effort
- Minnesota: Legalize Marijuana
- Missouri: Marijuana Legalization Effort
- New Hampshire: Marijuana Depenalization Effort
- New Hampshire: Marijuana Legalization Effort
- New York: Governor’s Legalization Effort
- Pennsylvania: Marijuana Legalization Effort
- Pennsylvania: Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol
- Rhode Island: Governor’s Marijuana Legalization Effort
- Tennessee: Marijuana Legalization Effort
- Vermont: Regulate Adult Use Marijuana Sales
- Washington, DC: Regulate Adult Use Marijuana Sales
2020 State Legislation: Decriminalization
- Alabama: Marijuana Decriminalization Effort
- Georgia: Reduce Marijuana Possession Penalties
- New Jersey: Marijuana Decriminalization Effort
- Ohio: Expand Marijuana Decriminalization Law
- South Carolina: Marijuana Decriminalization Effort
- Tennessee: Marijuana Decriminalization Effort
- Wisconsin: Marijuana Decriminalization Effort
2020 State Legislation: Medical
- Alabama: Medical Marijuana Effort
- Delaware: Let Patients Grow Medical Cannabis
- Kentucky: Medical Marijuana Effort
- Louisiana: Expand Medical Cannabis Access
- New Hampshire: Let Patients Grow Medical Cannabis
- North Carolina: Medical Marijuana Effort
- Override the Veto The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act
- Pennsylvania: Maintain relaxed regulations for medical marijuana
- Wisconsin: Medical Marijuana Effort
2020 State Legislation: Expungements
- Maryland: Override Gov’s Veto and Shield Past Marijuana Convictions
- Michigan: Automatically Expunge Past Cannabis Convictions
- Michigan: Set Aside Past Cannabis Convictions
- Missouri: Legislation to Expunge Past Cannabis Convictions
- Pennsylvania: Expunge Certain Cannabis Convictions
- Rhode Island: Expunge Past Cannabis Convictions
2020 State Legislation: Other Priorities
- Arizona: Add Autism and Opioid Use Disorder to Qualifying Conditions List
- Louisiana: Remove the Ban on Smoking Medical Cannabis
- Massachusetts: Allow marijuana businesses to access COVID-19 relief funds
- Massachusetts: Legislation to Protect Cannabis Consumers from Employment Discrimination
- Massachusetts: Protect Medical Patients from Employment Discrimination
- Minnesota: Allow Access to Medical Cannabis Flower
- Missouri: Protect Patients from Employment Discrimination
- New Jersey: Legislation to Protect Cannabis Consumers from Employment Discrimination
- New York: Protect Medical Marijuana Patients from Eviction
- Oklahoma: Amend Zero Tolerance DUI Law
- Utah: Amend Zero Tolerance DUI laws
2020 Local Legislation
- Suffolk County, New York: County Legislators Consider “Opting-Out” of Legal Marijuana Sales
- Camden, NJ: City Legislators May Consider “Opting-Out” of Legal Marijuana Sales
2020 State Legislation NORML Opposes
- N/A
Cannabis as the “Exit Drug” From Opioid Abuse:
- Federal Lawmakers: Tell your federal lawmakers to acknowledge the role marijuana can play in reducing the opioid crisis
- State Lawmakers: Urge Your State Lawmakers to Acknowledge The Role of Cannabis in Combating the Prescription Drug Overdose Epidemic
Federal Efforts:
- Reparative Justice: Support the Marijuana Justice Act
- Reparative Justice: Support the Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act
- Regulate Nationally: End The Federal Government’s Enforcement of Marijuana Prohibition
- Protect Employment: Employment Protections For Federal Workers Who Consume Marijuana
- Housing Rights: Protect Lawful Marijuana Users From Housing Discrimination
- Veterans Medical Access: Support The Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act
- Protect The Progress: Legislation To Protect State-Lawful Marijuana Programs
- Grow Small Businesses: Provide Small Business Benefits to State-Licensed Cannabis Companies
- Medical: Legislation to Protect Medical Marijuana Patients (CARERS Act)
- Protect Students: The Simplifying Financial Aid For Students Act
- Equity in the Industry: The RESPECT Resolution
Other
- Protect NFL Players: Allow Eligible Players to Access Medical Cannabis
2020 State Enacted Legislation
- Colorado: Marijuana Banking Legislation
- Colorado: Expanded Authority to Pardon Marijuana Offenders
- Iowa: Medical CBD Program Amendments
- Louisiana: Establish a Cannabis Industry Task Force
- Louisiana: Expand Medical Cannabis Access
- Maryland: Allow Medical Cannabis Access in Schools
- Maryland: Allow Physicians Assistants to Recommend Medical Marijuana
- South Dakota: Industrial Hemp Production
- Utah: Expedite Medical Cannabis Patient Access
- Virginia: Make the Medical Cannabis Program Legal
- Virginia: Marijuana Decriminalization
- West Virginia: Herbal, Whole-Plant Medical Cannabis
2020 State Tabled / Defeated Legislation
- Maryland: Automatically Expunge Past Marijuana Convictions
- The Oklahoma Medical Marijuana and Patient Protection Act